airborne radar

airborne radar

[′er‚bȯrn ′rā‚där]

(engineering)

Radar equipment carried by aircraft to assist in navigation by pilotage, to determine drift, and to locate weather disturbances; a very important use is locating other aircraft either for avoidance or attack.

airborne radar

A radar on board aircraft. This may be an air-interception radar normally fitted on combat aircraft. This may also be an early warning radar as fitted on AEW (airborne early warning) or AWACS (airborne warning and control system) aircraft, but it does not include weather radar fitted on aircraft.

WASHINGTON (CyHAN)- An airborne radar survey in the Napa Valley area of Northern California conducted by NASA scientists has revealed clear indications of fault-line displacements near the epicenter of the 6.

Designated JLENS, the system is a powerful airborne radar system that floats at altitudes as high as 10,000 feet, suspended from two 80-yard long, helium-filled blimp-like aerostats which are tethered to ground stations via cable.

Researchers from the University of Exeter, Newcastle University, the University of Bristol, the University of Edinburgh, the British Antarctic Survey and the University of York, used satellite images and airborne radar measurements to reveal the channels under the ice shelf.

The scientists used thousands of miles of airborne radar data, collected by NASA and researchers from the United Kingdom and Germany over several decades, to piece together the landscape lying beneath the Greenland ice sheet.

Raytheon's APG-82 radars will allow F-15E pilots to fly into battle with increased confidence knowing they are using the world's most advanced airborne radar system," said Mark Kula, vice president of Tactical Airborne Systems for Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems business.

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